Researchers at Monash University in Australia have developed the world’s first bionic eye, the Gennaris Bionic Vision System, offering a revolutionary solution for treating blindness.

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has raised US$18 million to progress the development of its bionic eye implant. The company designs devices to combat retinitis pigmentosa (RP) - an inherited rare eye condition that causes the ...

It's taken until this year, 2014, for patients to receive the first FDA-approved bionic eyes. This breakthrough comes via Second Sight, a California company whose Argus II technology revolves ...

Surgeon Gabriel Weston visits the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford to follow an NHS funded trial testing a ground-breaking new treatment for patients who have lost ...

One remarkable development is the Gennaris bionic vision system created by the Monash Vision Group (MVG). This groundbreaking device aims to provide artificial vision for individuals who are blind ...

Pixium Vision, a French company, has received the approval to begin in-human trials of a miniature wireless sub-retinal implant. Named PRIMA, the device may help those with advanced dry age ...

Bionic eyes could make glasses a thing of the past, scientists say. They are developing a system that will let patients correct faulty eyesight simply by tapping the side of their head.

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have fully 3D printed an image sensing array on a hemisphere, which is a first-of-its-kind prototype for a "bionic eye." Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

The world’s first implant of a bionic eye has been carried out by a University of Manchester academic. Professor Paulo Stanga led the four hour operation on pensioner Ray Flynn at the Manchester Royal ...

From stories about eye transplants to bionic eyes, the book also has tales of the more bizarre such as a third eye, an eyeball in the mail and even a shop selling eyes. Among the stories were two ...